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Penny Men is the podcast starring Ben, Tom, and Gregory: three experts on cartooning, storytelling, and having a good time! We give a penny for our thoughts, and throw in our two cents, as we tackle new topics and writing pitches every week!

  1. #99 - What's So Great About Star Wars? (Part 22) ['Star Wars: The Clone Wars']

    6D AGO

    #99 - What's So Great About Star Wars? (Part 22) ['Star Wars: The Clone Wars']

    Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve done it 98 times—and we’re doing it one more time! The Penny People are back in the galaxy far, far away for The Clone Wars, the animated fever dream where every Jedi gets a haircut and every clone gets feelings! Ben, Gregory, and Tom take the long way ‘round hyperspace, stopping to ponder the big question: what is Star Wars, anyway? Along the way, we meet: Compassionate clonesCelebrity JediAnd the tragic tale of General Stanky—hero of the 14th Quadrant!There’s: Tax disputesBaby HuttsAnd a crash course on the West End Games RPG!The boys debate: Why Clone Wars feels like M*A*S*H*How Anakin got a Padawan before he got a clueAnd whether Jar Jar deserves redemption (Spoiler: he does not)!Featuring: Dissertations on the politics of midi-chloriansTom’s theory that clone troopers are just unionized stormtroopersGreg’s impression of every droid ever builtAnd a surprise tangent on samurai films, AI generals, and space bureaucracy!It’s lightsabers, philosophy, and bad impressions—your classic Penny Men mix! This is Episode 99: The Clone Wars – The Rise of General Stanky!

    1h 60m
  2. #98 - What's So Great About Star Wars? (Part 21) [Star Wars Expanded Universe Continued cont. 3]

    FEB 9

    #98 - What's So Great About Star Wars? (Part 21) [Star Wars Expanded Universe Continued cont. 3]

    The Penny Men are still trapped in Ben's apartment — or possibly Skywalker Ranch 2: Special Edition — and discover George Lucas has been hiding a Wookie jar, a Red Tails podcast, and several unproduced sequels to Strange Magic! Meanwhile, Ben, Tom, and Gregory try to remember the entire Star Wars Expanded Universe from memory, covering: Cindel Tawani’s journalism careerLuke’s secret ooze girlfriendAnd Cade Skywalker’s death stick problem!Along the way, the boys accidentally pitch: A live-action Jetsons movieA Street Fighter reboot starring Jack BlackAnd the new Penny Men format: “Draw From the Phantom Jar”!Featuring guest appearances by George Lucas, Admiral Sushi Bar, and Yuck Yuck Binks!

    1h 7m
  3. #97 - What's So Great About Star Wars? (Part 20) [Star Wars Expanded Universe Continued cont. 2]

    FEB 6

    #97 - What's So Great About Star Wars? (Part 20) [Star Wars Expanded Universe Continued cont. 2]

    The Penny Men continue their 24-hour Star Wars binge and quickly lose track of time, space, and pizza delivery etiquette! George Lucas lurks in the cornerWatto and Jar Jar fight for stage timeSomehow a Hungry Howie’s girl sneaks into The Skywalker RanchGreg and Tom debate the video game canon (Knights of the Old Republic, Battlefront, Rogue Squadron)Ben orders a pizza mid-recordingAnd everyone wrestles with the Legacy of the Force novels, Fate of the Jedi, and why every Skywalker has to lose an arm!Along the way: Chuck E. Cheese rebrands itself as Pasqually’sMace "I Don’t Do Windows" is bornAnd Earth, Wind & Fire nearly become canon!It’s the Star Wars Expanded Universe like you’ve never heard it before — live from the bar that never closes, with blue milk on tap and George Lucas picking toppings off your slice!

    1h 3m
  4. #96 - What's So Great About Star Wars? (Part 19) [Star Wars Expanded Universe Continued cont.]

    FEB 2

    #96 - What's So Great About Star Wars? (Part 19) [Star Wars Expanded Universe Continued cont.]

    The Penny Men return from their longest break yet and find the party at The Skywalker Ranch 2 hasn’t slowed down! Ben, Gregory, and Tom kick things off with a debate over Clueless and the great teen rom-com continuum before sliding back into their booth at the galaxy’s most chaotic cantina! Between dodging E.T.’s stares and Alf’s interruptions, they wrestle with the big question: what’s so great about Star Wars? This week, it’s the Legacy of the Force era: Jason Solo’s visionsBen Skywalker’s trainingBug warsPolitical schismsAnd the shocking possibility that Mara Jade might’ve had a hand in Padmé’s fate!Plus, appearances from George Lucas, Jar Jar's stand-up set, and a cat named KitKat who may or may not be Force-sensitive!

    1h 1m
  5. #95 - What's So Great About Star Wars? (Part 18) [Star Wars Expanded Universe cont.]

    JAN 30

    #95 - What's So Great About Star Wars? (Part 18) [Star Wars Expanded Universe cont.]

    The Penny Men are back, this time broadcasting live from an alien dive bar where the comedy lineup is as unpredictable as the Star Wars Expanded Universe itself! Jar Jar Binks takes the stage as “Yuck Yuck Binks” with a new set of groaners, George Lucas lurks in the corner heckling his own continuity, and Seinfeld barely makes it past the wings! But in between spilled drinks and bad puns, the guys tackle: The New Jedi Order booksThe Yuuzhan Vong invasionChewbacca’s moon-crash deathHan’s midlife crisisMara Jade’s poisoningAnd Jason, Jaina, and Anakin Solo being pulled in three very different directions!It’s bird-Jedi philosophies, bio-organic war machines, Luke Skywalker fumbling through Jedi Council leadership, and the fall of Coruscant—all told with the energy of a roast battle gone off the rails! Grab your desserts (Chew-baklava, anyone?) and settle in for the chaos!

    51 min
  6. #94 - What's So Great About Star Wars? (Part 17) [In-Universe, Chronological Recap]

    JAN 26

    #94 - What's So Great About Star Wars? (Part 17) [In-Universe, Chronological Recap]

    Welcome back to The Penny Men, live (sort of) from what used to be Ben’s apartment and is now apparently an alien supper club, nightclub, and George Lucas vanity project! There’s a line out the door, Jar Jar Binks is headlining under his new stage name Yuck Yuck Binks, and Dexter Jettster is threatening to spit in our drinks! In between ordering orange whips and dodging chandeliers themed after Alderaan, your three hosts try their best to recap the entire Star Wars saga in chronological order! Featuring: The ancient Republic and Darth Bane’s Rule of TwoQui-Gon Jinn sassAnakin’s immaculate conception conspiracyThe Clone Wars Red Dwarf fan recommendationsAnd every era of the galaxy far, far away! Along the way we: Complain about too many Jedi surviving Order 66Debate who belongs on the Mount Rushmore of Star WarsRevive Bubsy (again)And discover the hidden comedy album of Jar Jar Binks!It’s history, it’s chaos, it’s a nightclub floor show! What’s so great about Star Wars? George might say “money,” but we’re here to figure out the rest!

    53 min
  7. #93 - What's So Great About Star Wars? (Part 16) ['Episode III - Revenge of the Sith' cont.]

    JAN 23

    #93 - What's So Great About Star Wars? (Part 16) ['Episode III - Revenge of the Sith' cont.]

    It’s the Revenge of the Sith episode of The Penny Men, and somehow it’s also amateur night at the George Lucas Comedy Club! We came here to do a clean, straightforward lightning-round recap of Episode III, but between Yakko Warner singing Gilbert & Sullivan, surprise Animaniacs geography lessons, and Jar Jar Binks insisting on his own Gungan stand-up routine, we’re barely making it through the plot! Still, in between the bad puns and Ewok waiters pitching Dulok spinoffs, we actually do cover the big stuff: Anakin gets promoted to “spy on everybody” dutyObi-Wan gets stuck with lizard-riding and robot-coughingYoda takes a detour to the Wookiee planetMace Windu takes a flying lesson courtesy of Palpatine’s force lightningThe Jedi Council is suspiciousPadmé is worriedAnd Anakin is somehow convinced that the best way to save his wife is to join the guy who looks like melted candle wax!It’s our Revenge of the Sith breakdown as only The Penny Men could do it: part recap, part roast, part variety show hosted by George himself! If we survive this night at the Lucas Lounge, maybe we’ll actually finish Star Wars!

    1 hr
  8. #92 - What's So Great About Star Wars? (Part 15) ['Star Wars: Clone Wars' and 'Episode III - Revenge of the Sith']

    JAN 19

    #92 - What's So Great About Star Wars? (Part 15) ['Star Wars: Clone Wars' and 'Episode III - Revenge of the Sith']

    The Penny Men return for their 15th episode—this time with a live audience, three Orange Whips on the table, and a floor show courtesy of none other than Jar Jar Binks himself! George Lucas has turned Ben’s apartment into some kind of intergalactic supper club, complete with menus, Metro D security at the door, and a rotating cast of aliens, droids, and forgotten Expanded Universe icons drifting through the crowd! While Jabba tries to squeeze into a booth and Droopy McCool pretends he’s booked, our hosts press on with their ambitious mission: breaking down Revenge of the Sith, the sixth Star Wars film (eighth if you’re really counting), and the long-awaited turn of Anakin Skywalker! Along the way, they talk Clone Wars cartoonsDark Horse comicsQuinlan Vos, Aayla Secur And the rise of General Grievous!They relive Elevator shaft mishapsCount Dooku’s last standAnd R2-D2’s questionable fire-based comedy routine!And all the while, Jar Jar keeps barging back in with his own set of Gungan one-liners, trying to turn the podcast into a late-night show! Will our hosts make it through the first ten minutes of the movie before the floor show takes over completely? Or will George Lucas buy another apartment just to keep the party going? It’s chaos, it’s comedy, and it’s Star Wars history—served with extra Jawa-made java burgers!

    53 min
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Penny Men is the podcast starring Ben, Tom, and Gregory: three experts on cartooning, storytelling, and having a good time! We give a penny for our thoughts, and throw in our two cents, as we tackle new topics and writing pitches every week!

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  • Creator
    Penny Men
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    99
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    Clean
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